#because then ppl forget about pacific islanders AND don't realise that there are more asian identities than asian-americans

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This is a wonderful list but I'd like to point out that some of these authors are not AAPI.

Adiba Jaigirdar is based in Ireland and both these books take place in Dublin. Rin Chupeco is from, and still living in Manila, in the Philippines. They're not Asian-American, they're not even on the American continent.

Please be mindful when using the term AAPI for lists of books or authors, not all of us are Asian-American, and Pacific Islanders also deserve to make it into these lists. There's nothing wrong with calling it a list of "Books by Asian authors" if that's what you mean! I know it's AAPI month but once again: not all Asian authors are Asian-American so please be sure when you make "AAPI authors" list that the authors listed all actually identify as Asian-American and Pacific Islanders.

Mainland Asian authors who write in English and get published in the US exist without being Asian-American. Same for every part of the Asian diaspora that is not in the US/Canada (we're exist across all continents!). I beg you to remember this before you shove us all under a label we do not belong to just because it has so often been misused a synonym for "Asian".

Some books by AAPI authors that I’ve read & enjoyed in the past year to support this May!